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Services and digital trade top negotiation priorities, industry groups tell subcommittee
Summary
The Coalition of Services Industries urged negotiators to prioritize cross-border data flows, prohibitions on data localization, and a permanent ban on customs duties on electronic transmissions, citing the large economic role of services exports.
Christine Bliss, president of the Coalition of Services Industries, told the Trade Subcommittee that services and digital trade disciplines should be central to future U.S. trade agreements because services underpin manufacturing, agriculture and overall competitiveness.
Bliss said U.S. cross-border services exports exceeded $1 trillion in 2023, generated a services trade surplus near $280 billion, and that services delivered through foreign offices accounted for roughly $2.1 trillion in revenues.…
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